Bowls
This category includes vessels where the height is less than the diameter, and the rim is greater than the base.
A bowl is a vessel that is a round container used to serve food. By using Anna Shepard's criteria a bowl is described as an open form where the height is less than the diameter. The angle of the sides from the base are between 20 and 90 degrees.
This category matches Woolley's published ceramic vessel typology Nos. 4-6; 18-27; 29-30; 249. It matches the metal vessel typology Nos. 1-11; 15-17; 27-35; 86-91; 95-96; 116-118. It matches the stone vessel typology Nos. 13-27; 31-59; 95-97; 99; 102-104.
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 13048 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Type. See field note. |
| 13050 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Steatite. Badly cracked. Bell type. |
| 13063 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Glazed ware. Blue bleached white. Type same as U.13058. New type 103 [illegible, looks like 75 7b or 76? unclear.] |
| 13527 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Steatite. Greenish grey. Probably cut down. Type see field notes. [Type] CIII. |
| 13529 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Hemisherical. Bottom broken. Distorted. |
| 13530 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Hemispherical. Distorted. Type III. |
| 13533 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. White limestone. Type XII. [drawing] |
| 13538 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White calcite. Portion of rim missing. Type IX. [drawing] |
| 13549 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. White calcite. Type LXVII. [drawing] |
| 13564 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. Grey calcite. Badly smashed. Type see Field Note. LIX. |
| 13565 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Oval. Longitudinal view [reference to drawing] [drawing 2:5] |
| 13569 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. White calcite. Type XII. [drawing 2:5] |
| 13578 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. Semitranslucent calcite. Badly broken. [drawing 2:5] |
| 13579 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Type CXIV. [drawing] |
| 13580 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Calcite. Greyish. Broken and riveted in antiquity. Type XXII. [drawing] |
| 13581 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Hemispherical. |
| 13583 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. [drawing] |
| 13589 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. White calcite. Type see Field note. [Type] XLIII. |
| 13590 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Hemispherical & distorted. Type III |
| 13592 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White translucent calcite. Type see Field note. Type 71. See field note. |
| 13715B | (none) | 1930,1213.302 | (none) | Clay pans. Low straight sides. 3 broad ribbon loop handles which bend down inwards and are attached to the base of the bowl inside about halfway between the center and the circumference. A = 2 handles broken and missing. Red clay with whitish slip. B Complete except for a chip : greenish clay. Not in Cat of Vol. IV | |
| 13735 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Grey (basic diorite?) Straight-sided. RC150. [drawing] |
| 13747 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Grey stone (basic diorite?) Broken & 1/3 missing. One hole is pierced through the middle of the bottom and two close together near the rim: cf. 13746. [drawing] |
| 13753 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. In antiquity broken in half and mended with 3 rivets (rivet-holes very large) The base not clearly defined. JN14 new. [drawing] |
| 13766 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Diorite, dark grey. JN25. Type XIX (RC15a) [drawing] |